Refreshing Iced Tea (2 different ways)

Refreshing Ice Tea 

(2 ways - vegan, gluten free, refined sugar free, oil free, nut free)

I loooove Iced Tea, and now that you clicked the recipe, I assume you do as well. But did you ever notice, how much sugar one small bottle of Iced Tea can contain? Isn't that crazy?

But don't worry, there's an easy way to make a sweet, delicious, fruity Ice Tea at home, that is actually good for you.

Depending on if you like the taste of tea or not, I'd suggest to use a liquid sweetener of choice. If you love tea by itself, you might not even need that. If you don't like tea in general, you should probably use a sweetener, that has a unique taste to it, such as maple syrup. (You could also use coconut sugar, but I prefer liquid sweeteners with this recipe.)

Refreshing Wildberry and Lemon Iced Tea

Serves: 1
Cooking time: 5 to 10 minutes
Total time: about 2 - 4 hours

Ingredients

• 1 bag Wildberry Tea
• 1 tsp to 1 tbsp liquid sweetener of choice (I used Agave)
• juice of half a lemon
• lemon slices (make sure your lemon is organic, so the skin doesn't contain any toxins)
• lemon balm or mint leaves (or both)
• as much water, as you'll need to fill your jar/glass/container

Instructions

• boil your water
• to your jar/glass/container, add the tea bag, sweetener, lemon juice, leaves and lemon slices and poor the boiling water on top
• mix well until the sweetener is dissolved
• leave for about 5 to 7 minutes or until the tea is strong enough for your liking
• let cool a little 
• put in the fridge until cold enough to drink (at least 2 hours)
• enjoy

Refreshing Maple Black Iced Tea

Serves: 1
Cooking time: 5 to 10 minutes
Total time: about 2 - 4 hours

Ingredients

• 1 bag black tea of choice (I used English Breakfast)
• 1 tsp to 1 tbsp maple syrup
• optional: some fresh berries of choice 
• optional: lemon balm or mint leaves (or both)
• as much water, as you'll need to fill your jar/glass/container

Instructions

• boil your water
• to your jar/glass/container, add the tea bag, maple syrup, and optional ingredients and poor the boiling water on top
• mix well until the maple syrup is dissolved
• leave for about 5 to 7 minutes or until the tea is strong enough for your liking
• let cool a little 
• put in the fridge until cold enough to drink (at least 2 hours)
• enjoy

Notes

You can create your own varieties of Iced Teas by just combining ingredients you like. It's really easy and I made tons of different variations.

Let me know your favorite Iced Tea flavor in the comments below!